英语词汇bistro的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

bistro. When the Russians invaded Paris after Napoleon I’s fall in 1815, restaurant owners or their shills would lure them into their places by shouting the Russian word bystro, meaning “quick,” assuring them that they could eat quickly here at a good price. They used the word so often that it became altered to bistro, the common French word for any small unpretentious restaurant where cheap meals could be had, and from there bis- tro soon entered into English. But bistro could come from the French bistoille, cup of coffee. Or the word may derive from the French bistouille, raw spirits, for the cheap liquor served in such establishments. No one is sure.

词汇	bistro
词源	bistro. When the Russians invaded Paris after Napoleon I’s fall in 1815, restaurant owners or their shills would lure them into their places by shouting the Russian word bystro, meaning “quick,” assuring them that they could eat quickly here at a good price. They used the word so often that it became altered to bistro, the common French word for any small unpretentious restaurant where cheap meals could be had, and from there bis- tro soon entered into English. But bistro could come from the French bistoille, cup of coffee. Or the word may derive from the French bistouille, raw spirits, for the cheap liquor served in such establishments. No one is sure.
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